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You know, I question this statement every time I hear it.
How many decades or centuries has it been since Haiti was given this title?
If you take a camera and you point it to all the devastated places in Haiti, then all you see is devastation, misery, and poor people.
Sure, unemployment rate is high. And, it doesn't help that money acquired by the wealthy in Haiti doesn't stay in the country. It goes to a foreign bank.
The small amount of tax collected in the country is diminished considerably by the time it reaches its destination.
The larger monetary supply that enters the country when the diaspora financially support their family doesn't make it to Haiti's banks either.
Haiti, in my opininon, is not the poorest country in the hemisphere, but it is the most poorly managed country in the hemisphere.

Matchavèl → a seducer (and very good at it), someone who's good at being bad, something so bad it's good; a user, heartbreaker or lady-killer, a lover who seduces you easily then lets you go after he/she's done with you

Exampe:

Li se yon gason matchavèl.

He's a heartbreaker

Matchavèl → also means: complicated, tense, wired

Example:

Things are complicated.

Bagay yo matchavèl.

My wife hasn't talked to me in two days. Things are tense at the house.

Men m anlè toujouMalgre mizè mwen paseMen m anlè toujouTout glwa pou BondyeMen m anlè toujouMy hands are still up (May also be translated as: "I'm still on top")In spite of all the hard times I went throughMy hands are still upAll glory to GodMy hands are still up

M’ap chante toujouMalgre mizè mwen paseM’ap chante toujouTout glwa pou Bondye toujouM'ap chante toujouI'm still singingIn spite of all the hard times I went throughI'm still singingAll glory to GodI'm still singing

M’ap danse toujouMalgre mizè mwen paseM’ap danse toujouTout glwa pou BondyeM'ap danse toujouI'm still dancingIn spite of all the hard times I went throughI'm still dancingAll glory to GodI'm still dancingAsk me anything